her rage while growing up in rural Pennsylvania.
From the first minutes of this series,basedon
Charles Forsman’s popular graphic novelandco-
created by The End of the F***ing World’s Jona-
than Entwistle, Lillis establishes herselfasa
potential Molly Ringwald for moderntimes.j.c.
TV
- (^) Wat ch Dispatches
From Elsewhere
Mysterious.
AMC,March1.
There’s something a little David Lynch–iananda
tadCharlieKaufman–ishaboutthisanthology
series created by and starring JasonSegelasa
shell of a man who, in episode one,at tendsan
orientation session at the strange JejuneInstitute.
If this reminds you of a certain ABC drama,yeah,
it’ s fair to say elements of this show area bitLost-
like as well. j.c.
CLASSICAL MUSIC - (^) Hear Ax, Kavakos,
and Ma
An ode to Isaac Stern.
Carnegie Hall, March 4 and 8.
In the 1980s and ’90s, cellist Yo-Yo Maandpianist
Emanuel Ax performed regularly withviolinist
Isaac Stern, who died in 2001. WithLeonidas
Kavakos, the recast trio performs all-Beethoven
programs in honor of Stern’s would-becentennial
and the composer’s 250th birthday. j.d.
BOOKS
- (^) Read Real Life
Astonishingly intimate.
Riverhead Books.
Brandon Taylor’s debut novel followsWallace,a
black gay grad student, over the courseofonelong
weekend filled with loneliness and shame,hotfeel-
ings and hot sex, anger and repression.Wallaceis a
heady mix of judgmental and vulnerable,writes
Vulture’s Maris Kreizman, and it’s hardnottoroot
for him even if he decides to blow his lifeup.
OPERA - (^) See Der Fliegende
Holländer
The Flying Dutchman.
Metropolitan Opera, opens March 2.
The phantom vessel in Wagner’s operais doomed
to remain offshore. Bass-baritone BrynTerfelwas
to have made his long-delayed Met comebackas
the cursed captain in François Girard’snewpro-
duction, but he broke his ankle, disappointing
fans but creating an opening for EvgenyNikitin.
Valery Gergiev conducts. j.d.
MOVIES - (^) See The Whistlers
Hiss and spit.
In theaters February 28.
Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu’scrime
comedy-drama starts off as a bizarro taleabouta
policeman who has to learn a “whistling” lan-
guage in order to help free a gangster from prison,
then twists into a moving meditation on love,
loyalty, and self-improvement. b.e.
BOOKS - (^) Read The Night
Wat ch m a n
A different kind of night’s watch.
Harper, March 3.
In Louise Erdrich’s latest, the titular protagonist
is based on her grandfather, who, as chairman of
the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
in North Dakota in the 1950s, fought against the
Termination Act, an effort by the U.S. govern-
ment to continue its long-standing tradition of
grabbing native lands. Three years after Standing
Rock, the story of that fight feels as urgent as ever,
writes Vulture’s Lila Shapiro.
CLASSICAL MUSIC - (^) Hear
Austin Wulliman &
Conrad Tao
Free music, free beer.
Miller Theatre, February 25.
JACK Quartet violinist Austin Wulliman and pia-
nist Conrad Tao, both of whom are also composers,
perform a handful of world premieres, plus works
by Carter and Feldman in an atmosphere that
approximates a 19th-century salon. j.d.
March 16
TO ADVERTISE CONTACT
[email protected]